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Job Title:   Regional Enterprise Development and Innovation Coordinator

Organisation: Send a Cow

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

About US:

Send a Cow is a grassroots livelihood development non-governmental organisation which, was founded in 1988 as a response to combating poverty and malnutrition in Uganda and now organises community groups with the principle of Passing on Gifts of knowledge and skills in agronomy, business and vocational education through the extension service delivery model. Send a Cow designs development solutions with, and for the communities to get back the skills and confidence they need to get the most from the resources around them such as land. Currently works in the North, Central and Eastern parts of Uganda targeting vulnerable households, youth and smallholder farmers.

Job Summary:  We are looking for a passionate and experienced Regional Enterprise Development and Innovation Coordinator. The role reports to the Head of Thematic Support and Capacity Building.

The main purpose is to help deliver SAC 10-year vision through enterprise development (including social enterprise) and encourage appropriate innovation. Specifically, the Regional Enterprise Development and Innovation Coordinator develops and delivers SAC Enterprise Development strategic plan; ensures that SAC country teams and local delivery partners have the capacity, confidence and tools to design effective enterprise development programmes and to support innovation in our programmes. The role also leads SAC Social Enterprise initiative.

We are looking for someone with significant practical experience in Enterprise Development, market linkages and value chain development as part of integrated community development in Africa. You will also bring a strong understanding of social enterprises at community and institutional level by exploring opportunities that exist to engage in social enterprises both for revenue generation and addressing poverty alleviation.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Strategy and leadership 

• Leads SAC Enterprise Development and Innovation at community and institutional level.
• Supports country directors outwork Enterprise Development and Innovations part of country Strategies
• Coordinates technical support of Enterprise Development and Innovation response to all country teams.
• Line manages, and motivates the Regional Enterprise Development Officer
• Develops, and updates thematic support plan
• Directly supports the Social Enterprise Think Tank
• Coordinates external technical support within and outside Africa.
• Develops an Africa Enterprise Development and Innovation strategic plan in keeping with SAC 10 year strategy.

Direct support to 2 specific countries             

• Provides direct technical support to SAC country teams.
• Builds the capacity of SAC field staff
• Orients new staff on ED
• Provides Enterprise Development and Innovation
• Builds the capacity of country teams to design effective programmes

Thematic capacity building, quality standards and learning       

• Ensures that SAC country programmes have the training materials, tools and resources to design and implement effective Enterprise Development and Innovation.
• Supports country teams to strengthen enterprise development and innovation capacity building on the minimum viable structure.
• Develops and implements an enterprise development and innovation Training of Trainers programme for country field teams.
• Contributes to the development, documentation and roll out of relevant Enterprise development and Innovation training materials
• Ensures learning and constant improvement across SAC country teams, and organises learning events.
• Provides clear and documented quality standards for country teams and assesses quality standards.
• Conducts periodic technical best practice reviews of a sample of our countries and programmes.
• Ensures that relevant materials continue to be easily accessible to country teams including field staff
• Organises technical best practice reviews in line with other Regional Thematic Coordinators
• Reviews and develops SAC approach to modern ICT for development.
• Champions SAC community social enterprise work.
• Advises country teams on social enterprises.

Supports fundraising efforts and donor proposals

• Reviews and inputs into design of SAC programmes
• Responds to technical requests from SAC group
• Supports networking with relevant agencies, authorities, research institutes, partner organizations, NGOs, government bodies.
• Explores alternative models for funding social enterprises such as impact investments, accelerator support and funding

Influencing and networking     

• Networks with relevant state and non-state actors on Enterprise Development and Innovation.
• Keeps abreast and shares relevant policies and best practices across SAC country programmes.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Master’s Degree in Enterprise Development, Business Management, or another technical relevant discipline
• Strong experience in technical support in Enterprise Development, market linkages or value chain development.
• Strong experience in leading and supporting Enterprise Development in integrated community development context.
• Experience in developing Cluster Level Associations from Self Help Groups to collectively plan planting, production, distribution and market distribution of produce Experience in enterprise and market analysis.
• Strong experience supporting farmers and communities in agri-business
• Strong understanding of the positives and negatives of micro-finance.
• Experience in working with youth and young people in Enterprise Development.
• Strong understanding of project design, proposal development and project review, as well as integrated development where enterprise grows on the collective strength of GSI and farm systems.
• Experience donor proposal and reporting
• Demonstrable experience working in East Africa
• Experience participatory training methodologies
• Demonstrable experience in finding innovative ways to improving community development work.
• Good understanding of best practices on Enterprise Development
• Great grasp of policies related to Enterprise Development and market linkages in East Africa.
• Strong coordination skills
• Enterprise Development, value chains development, market linkages skills
• Excellent capacity building and training skills
• Experience developing training materials
• Strong skills in participatory methodologies
• People management
• Strong report writing skills
• Remote management
• Proficient in English

Personal Attributes

• Passionate about the role of markets in lifting communities out of poverty
• Passionate about SAC Vision, Mission and Values
• Empathy with SAC Christian roots
• Results focused
• Strong communication skills
• Problem solving
• Willingness to learn
• Team player
• Values driven and integrity
• Commands respect of country leaders
• Diplomatic
• Culturally sensitive

Others

• Willing to travel across Africa up to 40%

Desirable     

• Experience managing social enterprise.
• Experience in modern ICT for development (such as use of mobile phones)
• Swahili or any other local language in East Africa

How to Apply:

All candidates should complete this application form, Download Here and send it to applications@sendacow.org

NB: Please note that we do not accept CVs.

Deadline: 7^th March 2022 by 5:00pm

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